19.9% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Booie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Booie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and service than most similar areas define Booie. Around 20% of the community volunteers, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a place where residents are significantly more active in supporting others through both formal and informal work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people in Booie volunteer, at 19.9%. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 15.2% of people providing unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. This is consistent with 27.6% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
15.2% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.6%. This is a little above the own Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Booie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30317/booie/topic/community